Shady dealings in high places

In a witty and excellently researched talk on Friday 15 November, Ian Osterloh laid bare some of the shenanigans going on behind (and sometimes in front of) the scenes in Canterbury’s politics at the time of kleptomaniac mayor and Member of Parliament, Major Francis Bennett-Goldney, 1865 – 1918. We were amusingly reminded what dark shadows lurk beneath the surface of our city’s quaintly picturesque heritage, and how the price of good governance is eternal vigilance.

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